The FARMY program was developed to train trainers to provide agriculture education challenges to students to achieve their personal and professional best. The program consists of three components:

Classroom Instruction – enriches student opportunities with hands-on learning experiences

Supervised Agriculture Experiences – leadership, development, career exploration, reinforcement of academic concepts

Preparing for the Future – judging agricultural and/or farming activities, oral speaking developing leadership, personal growth and career potential thereby enabling students to learn lessons of life

WHAT IS F.A.R.M.Y.?

FARMY is a Training of Trainers (TOT) model to present how-to techniques for involving minority youth. The model includes:

Strategies to provide agriculture education challenges to underrepresented youth

Partnering with schools, churches, youth centers, youth organizations and families

An enhancement to science, mathematics and technology – hands-on learning experiences

Knowledge of contributions of minorities in agriculture and related sciences

Supervised agriculture experiences to provide leadership development, career exploration and promoting environmental education

Personal growth and involvement in science outreach and service in the community

Developing local projects, collecting data and comparison of results

Introduction of futuristic concepts in agriculture, biotechnology, biodiversity, high-tech scientific equipment and nutrition

Increase the pool of historically under-represented youth to complete post-secondary studies in areas of agriculture and related sciences

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